Lions in the Street: The Inside Story of the Great Wall Street Law Firms is a 1973 book by Paul Hoffman.[1]

Lions in the Street
Front cover
AuthorPaul Hoffman
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectLaw
PublisherSaturday Review Press
Publication date
1973
Media typeHardcover
Pages274
ISBN0-8415-0235-8
OCLC645209
338.7/6134/0097471 19
LC ClassKF297 .H6

Overview edit

The book describes the great Wall Street law firms of the 1970s, prominent cases, traditions and a community of high-profile lawyers. Some famous names discussed: Cravath, Swaine & Moore; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Lord Day & Lord; Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine; Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton; Carter, Ledyard & Milburn; Coudert Brothers; Covington & Burling, and others.

Contents edit

  1. The Congress of Vienna Sits on the Fifty-seventh Floor
  2. Downtown, Midtown, All Around the World
  3. The $100-an-hour Toll Collectors
  4. Some Partners are more Equal than Others
  5. The Care and Feeding of Corporate Clients—I
  6. The Care and Feeding of Corporate Clients—II
  7. "As my Lawyer, Dick Nixon, said the Other Day..."
  8. The Workers Are the Means of Production
  9. A Lot Goes on Behind Closed Doors
  10. The Green-goods Councel as the Big Board's Cop
  11. The Public Servant as Private Lawyer
  12. The Private Lawyer as Public Servant
  13. The Greetings of the Bar Association
  14. On Different Wavelengths

Official information edit

  • Hoffman, Paul (1973). Lions in the Street: The Inside Story of the Great Wall Street Law Firms. New York: Saturday Review Press. ISBN 0-841-50235-8.

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